The pledge programme is proving popular with lots of artists nowadays .Think Stiff Little fingers got their total plus a shitload extra in record time?

SLF got 376% of what they were after, so not far off 4 times what they were looking for (now finished and album released)

The English Beat currently has 23% with 56 days left for pledges_________________Bernie Rhodes Knows - Dont Argue

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Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:21 pm

HarryJ185Gangster

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Up to 50% now with 40 days left. I wonder if they will hit the target in time? Turmed out there were a few handwritten lyrics left so I ordered them - 3 are left.

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Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:13 pm

kennybaconSpecial

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HarryJ185 wrote:

Up to 50% now with 40 days left. I wonder if they will hit the target in time? Turmed out there were a few handwritten lyrics left so I ordered them - 3 are left.

Its gone from 23% with 56 days left to 50% with 40 days left, so that's another 27% in 16 days - so if it continues at that rate it should finish on about 117%. Even allowing for a bit of slowing down, it will hopefully reach the goal in time.

I have noticed the handwritten lyrics having more available a couple of times after reaching zero, must be a good seller and Dave commiting to delivering more as the writers cramp eases off.

Check out all the updates, there are a few good tunes that should be on the album_________________Bernie Rhodes Knows - Dont Argue

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Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:33 pm

kennybaconSpecial

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which song lyrics did you choose Harry?_________________Bernie Rhodes Knows - Dont Argue

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Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:34 pm

HarryJ185Gangster

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Kenny - I went for Dream Home in New Zealand. Thought it would be nice to have the lyrics to an album track rather than one of the singles. I was disappointed when I saw they had sold out and then really pleased when a few more appeared although I think that beat bundle is good value. I am still thinking about the signed vinyl.

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Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:14 pm

kennybaconSpecial

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I'm sure it will look great in a frame, definitely a pretty unique item that you wouldn't often see _________________Bernie Rhodes Knows - Dont Argue

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Fri Jul 04, 2014 6:49 am

HughToo Hot

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Sorry; Pauline is it._________________There's still nothing wrong with it!

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Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:43 am

kennybaconSpecial

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kennybacon wrote:

Its gone from 23% with 56 days left to 50% with 40 days left, so that's another 27% in 16 days - so if it continues at that rate it should finish on about 117%. Even allowing for a bit of slowing down, it will hopefully reach the goal in time.

Its now on 59% with 25 days left so has only pulled in another 9% in 15 days, definitely slowed down a lot, and at that pace it would be pretty far short of the target (would finish on 74% at 3% per 5 days remaining)

Need someone feeling a bit flush to chip in with a tour with the band pledge, that would certainly pump the % up_________________Bernie Rhodes Knows - Dont Argue

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Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:30 pm

SugarmanToo Hot

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According to an email I received after paying for a signed CD AND LP the pledge must be fulfilled by December 2015 _________________I'm having bags of fun

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Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:47 pm

ShanSite Admin

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Well that's good, should give the stragglers time cos I'm skint and don't have a job till August at the earliest, lol!_________________"The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind."

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Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:10 pm

HarryJ185Gangster

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It would be very disappointing if they did not hit the target - lets hope it keeps getting support between now and the end date.

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Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:56 pm

kennybaconSpecial

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Sugarman wrote:

According to an email I received after paying for a signed CD AND LP the pledge must be fulfilled by December 2015

On the email I got, it says:
The English Beat starring Dave Wakeling has pledged to fulfill all exclusives by 31 December, 2015 unless otherwise stated.

I think that would just be for things like dinner with Dave and jam sessions, not producing and dispatching the album - I hope_________________Bernie Rhodes Knows - Dont Argue

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Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:01 pm

ImaniToo Hot

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Slightly off topic from the fundraising theme but when they record the album, would they consider doing any covers?

If so, I think The Beat-en Generation by The The could be adapted to the Beat sound. I could imagine Dave Wakeling doing this very well. It has that similar mixture of a happy sounding tune with a darker message. The message is relevant and by serendipity, so is the title.

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Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:08 pm

kennybaconSpecial

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I think in one the replies to a question on the pledge site it says that all the album tracks will be fresh material_________________Bernie Rhodes Knows - Dont Argue

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Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:26 pm

FesterToo Hot

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Good call Imani.

The The. Now there's one hell of a band.

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Sat Jul 26, 2014 1:37 am

kennybaconSpecial

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now on 69% with 13 days remaining, I have noticed the % going up a fair bit the last few days (about 3% a day) so it remains to be seen if it will hit its target on time_________________Bernie Rhodes Knows - Dont Argue